D&D 5E (2024) First playtest thread! One D&D Character Origins.

[Weiley31]

Not any ranger I saw.

Gotta adjust your sunglasses.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

so the halfling is the lightfoot, and they just left the stout out. (I am fine with this I prefer ghost wise myself)

 

[Weiley31]

I'm trying to think, IIRC, the website did say we would be getting monthly One-D&D UAs like this. I wonder if the class one is next or when that will come eventually.

 

[Cadence]

as I keep being told, you can draw up a 2014 PHB character and sit next to a 2024 character... you know but you can't by this playtest.

What are the big breaks from the PC side if one player has a character from the 2014 book and the other has one from the 2024 books?

 

[Sir Brennen]

What you miss is that compatibility does not mean that you can mix everything together. But that you can use 2024 pcs in 2014 adventures, alongside 2024 characters.
Monsters not being able to crit won't change a thing.
PC crits only for weapon damage rolls is a differwen thing. Here you might either say: only one rule, or each character uses the respective rule of their edition. And so on.
I currently don't see why a 2024 gnome can't play with a 2014 one.

Yeah, this is a rules update, not just a supplement with additional material. To expect everything to be 100% compatible so people can use both PHB versions side-by-side is a bit of a stretch, IMO. Adventures are a different story.

 

[Minigiant]

Gotta adjust your sunglasses.

Rangers have spells for that.

Well had. Back when rangers got eye spells.

 

[Steampunkette]

No thank you.
This precludes the superior option that had been suggested by the NPC warlocks in MotM: Subclass specific spell lists. There is no reason for all the various warlock patrons to grant the exact same spell lists. Even better, they can even have spells that are outside of any spell list to make them truly exclusive!

That doesn't preclude that option any more than an Arcane spell list means they can't give Wizard Subclasses unique spell lists.

It just means Warlocks would get their own cool dark spell list that could also be applied to other "Dark" spellcasters and things that isn't the same as the Wizard list.

Mostly I separate it out 'cause I like having "Black Magic" be a -thing- in the game which actually means something.

Also: Bards should get the option of choosing whether to be Arcane, Divine, Occult, and Primal.

 

[billd91]

What are the big breaks from the PC side if one player has a character from the 2014 book and the other has one from the 2024 books?

Looks like the 2014 one is missing the 1st level feat and the two versions may have somewhat different racial abilities. Spot the 2014 a 1st level feat and your conversion is probably cromulent enough to go.

Edit: That is, based on what we know so far... we'll have to see about how things work out with class changes.

 

[Cadence]

But He's an half elf not an elf that looks like a human. Stupid Elrond.

Didn't all the half-elven in Tolkien have to pick one side or the other?

 

[Sir Brennen]

as I keep being told, you can draw up a 2014 PHB character and sit next to a 2024 character.. [..]

Citation needed.